Where does “ŝafhundo” come from?
ŝafhundo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto hundo, from German hund, from Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-West Germanic hund, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.
ŝafhundo (Esperanto): sheepdog
Definitions
- sheepdog
Ancestry of “ŝafhundo”, step by step
ŝafhundo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto hundo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | hundo | dog |
| 2 | German | hund | dog, hound |
| 3 | Middle High German | hunt | dog (Canis familiaris) |
| 4 | Old High German | hunt | dog |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hund | dog |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |
via Esperanto ŝafo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ŝafo | sheep |
| 2 | German | schaf | sheep |
| 3 | Middle High German | schāf | sheep |
| 4 | Old High German | scāf | sheep |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skāp | sheep |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapą | shape |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |